Boren Scholarships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide funding for US undergrads to study languages in world regions critical to US interests, and underrepresented in study abroad
Tag: French
Nine Graduates win Fulbright Awards for 2017-2018
Sponsored by the US State Department, Fulbright Awards are highly competitive, and provide grants for individually designed study and research projects, or for English-teaching assistantships. Nine UA graduates have been
Coffman receives Merit Award
PhD student Jana Coffman received a Symposium Merit Award for her paper presentation at the Educational Studies Graduate Research Symposium, recognizing her excellent research based work.
Barthès receives teaching award and further nomination
PhD student Maud Barthès received the Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student Award, and was further nominated for the Graduate School’s Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student
Coffman nominated for Educator of Excellence Award
Graduate student Jana Coffman, who is working towards her PhD in Spanish Linguistics with a French minor, was nominated for the Educator of Excellence Award in August of 2016 through
Congratulations to Our 2016 Student Honorees
The French program presented the following student awards in 2016: James Lamar McCann Award for Excellence in French: Jake Warner Prix d’excellence en français: Molly Deaver & Katie L. Plott Outstanding French Majors: Abigail R.
Matu Teaching at St. Edward’s
Florina Matu (French PhD) is on the French faculty at St. Edward’s University in Texas.
Drewelow Named Learning in Action Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Isabelle Drewelow on being selected as a Learning in Action Fellow for 2016-2017. This position is part of a University-wide project with experiential learning opportunities.
Picone Recognized for Excellence in Academic Advising
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Picone on his April, 2016 recognition for Excellence in Academic Advising presented by the Office for Academic Affairs and the Academic Advisors Association!
Michael Picone: “New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches”
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Picone on the publication of his 800+ page co-edited volume with Dr. Catherine Davies, New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches (Tuscaloosa: